FIP is similar to ERA, but it focuses solely on the events a pitcher has the most control over -- strikeouts, walks, hit-by-pitches and home runs. It entirely removes results on balls hit into the ...

Statistics and serendipity don’t sound like they would go hand in hand. Fantasy baseball throws that notion out the window, thanks to metrics that can show just how unlucky a starting pitcher can be.

Baseball is a series of random events. Small samples of the season are difficult to evaluate and statistics often take ...